Is it ever going to snow in Tahoe again-

Originally posted by sdwc96 yea. the consensus seems to be late feb for some real snow to fall. I'm just hoping tahoe has some end of season magic.

Originally posted by zakk Originally posted by sdwc96 yea. the consensus seems to be late feb for some real snow to fall. I'm just hoping tahoe has some end of season magic. where are you getting this "consensus"?  No where anywhere have I read anything that would make me even think that, let alone put it in writing and open myself up like that on a public forum. Post a link to your multiple sources (read: consensus ) because we'd all love to read about it.

agreed - that's the bullshit poor advice/negative thinking this community definitely doesn't need or want.  Add to that, he's already talking about the end of the season....when it hasn't even started.  Doesn't get any more FAIL than that.

sdwc96, go away.  You are (un)officially banned from TruSnow

I was up at Kirkwood Monday & Tuesday, and it was pretty terrible.  There couldn't have been more than a 10" base, and they were making snow, but it was pretty icy.  

As for a "consensus" from sdwc96, just ignore the troll.

Everyone seems to be having a crap winter so far.  The east doesn't have snow, the west doesn't have snow.  I'm in the midwest and we have nothing.  It's too warm to even make snow.  We've got a trip in a month to powder country (the U.P. of MI) I'm worried about.  They usually have feet of snow by now, but they only have an inch or two on the ground.  I heard this was going to be an epic winter for snow, I'm not seein' it yet.

thanks a lot global warming.....way to screw up my winter plans

based on my experience, I would almost never trek to tahoe in december/new years.  I've been there 5 years practically in a row, just after new years, and it was only o.k. for some trips, but basically gravel for most. 

although, last year was one of the few good new years...but it was so incredibly dumping/stormy just before in dec, most people wouldn't have the right equipment or know how to handle it (or the roads getting there)

...you will, most likely, be riding gravel near the base lodges this new years in tahoe

Originally posted by Piranha based on my experience, I would almost never trek to tahoe in december/new years.  I've been there 5 years practically in a row, just after new years, and it was only o.k. for some trips, but basically gravel for most.  although, last year was one of the few good new years...but it was so incredibly dumping/stormy just before in dec, most people wouldn't have the right equipment or know how to handle it (or the roads getting there) ...you will, most likely, be riding gravel near the base lodges this new years in tahoe

i've been there the past 3 years, with this year being the 4th, during this time frame (only time to get a lot of ppl together for an extended amount of time.) usually, the advanced territory is not open during this time unless it's last year, but the bigger resorts with snowmaking should have enough coverage to get you top to bottom. The snowmaking is to supplement the natural snow they get. However, it seems this year is extremely bad, since even Squaw valley hasn't even opened the upper mountain.

If you want a surer bet for this time of year, goto Mammoth. However, the prices for a place to stay there is much crazier then Tahoe.

...boards are already thrown in the dumpster (no one will need them ever again)

Originally posted by lightning80 Northstar was icy on tuesday...bunch of people were getting hurt because it was so hard...we need some real snow!!!

what were the temps on tuesday? I'm planning to go on new years and it should be warm enough thaw a little in the daytime.

Originally posted by Piranha just found out why we haven't been getting snow:  I found a big pile of (folded) summer shorts on my dresser...now that I've stored them away in a drawer, we should be waist deep in snow soon

yeah, Tahoe is almost never amazing in December/New Years.  If I were to plan a trip to it, I would say late Jan or anytime Feb to have the best chance of good snow.

save gas, imo

save the gas and plan a trip over presidents day.

i think we're definitely gonna have a late winter.  i dunno bout you guys but i feel like the seasons are shifting, late summer late winter.  global warming?

blame it on the weatherman... lol

God damn last weekend was so sweet. I'm still having snowgasms thinking about it.  Now where did the rest of the storms go?  

heard kirkwood got a foot.  I was in Utah and our trip ended just as it was starting to dump :/

kong, 

turns out we got 10" and it's friggin' bluebird!...and there's tons of people up there tracking it out...on a monday!   Why does this ish have to happen on the one day of the year I can't go?!!  Supposedly might drop an few more inches tomorrow, so maybe it'll reset to an extent  

And cut to April 2012. Looks like we're going to get another couple feet by this weekend . . . here's hoping.  It can still be a great spring

Well when Sierra Avalanche Center starts warning that the biggest danger is "long sliding falls [for life]" that "may be difficult to self-arrest" on steep surface rain crusts . . . it's time to bust this thread back out.  So from this point foward, how long till we see another multiple-foot dump in Tahoe???  We deserve it, dammit

2 weeks is my guess. Middle of February.

Sounds good, I'll see you there, -b.

Hey, wait a minute, this isn't an attempt to lure men to the parking lot for a weinie roast, is it?

Originally posted by ctoma Sounds good, I'll see you there, -b. Hey, wait a minute, this isn't an attempt to lure men to the parking lot for a weinie roast, is it?

^ If you go to Mt. Rose, J, be wary of men wearing Ohio State sweatshirts inviting you to a weinie roast.  Don't ever say I didn't warn you!